Create solutions for the clues by using the available syllables. A question mark after a clue denotes word play or trickery is afoot. The number of syllables in an answer is followed by the number of letters for each clue. Syllables are used only once.

After all of the numbered clues are correctly answered, their first and last letters, reading down, will reveal the puzzle's Sage Advice:.

Example: Syllable puzzle [4-12] (solution: syl + la + cros + tic)



Starting Syllables: BOW BUR CISM CLUB COR DEN DI DIS E E E EF ER FEN GEH GRE KNOS LIV LO LU MI MI MO NA NAN NEM NIGHT NUM O O O OND OS OX PA PIS POOL RIG RO SAC SAIR SANCT SEC SIS SIS SOS THEL TI TLE TYM WIT YA

Sage Advice:

= 1. MIDDLE EAR [3-8]
2. FORMAL LETTER [3-7]
= 3. CAUSE OF DEFEAT [3-7]
4. FLOOR-SHOW PET [2-9]
= 5. YELLOW SEA FEEDER [2-4]
6. INVIOLABLE [3-10]
= 7. RIVER BEND [2-5]
= 8. SINGER JUDD [3-5]
= 9. ANCIENT MINOAN CITY [2-7]
10. TINY BIT OF TIME [4-10]
= 11. TRAGIC MOOR [3-7]
= 12. QUIP [3-9]
= 13. MERSEYSIDE PORT [3-9]
14. TURKISH TITLE [3-7]
= 15. UNLOAD [3-9]
= 16. YANKEE GREAT [2-6]
= 17. REFUGEE [3-6]
= 18. PIRATE SHIP [2-7]
19. SUBTLE ABSORPTION [3-7]

8. Na o mi hi soot

You got it manXman

1. tym pa num

12. wit ti cism

16. Geh rig

Hi Dan.

7. Ox bow - Hi Soot

Bernie

18. cor sair

3. nem e sis

13. Liv er pool

Hi Bernie and Remi ... you and the gang are all spot on

9. Knos sos

11. o thel lo

5. YELLOW SEA FEEDER [2-4] Yalu ( a river between China and North Korea )

15 - dis bur den

17 - e mi gre

Good solves everyone

6. sac ro sanct hi soot

19. os mo sis

2. e pis tle

14. ef fen di hi soot

4. night club
10. nan o sec ond

Tennyson--Knowledge comes but wisdom lingers. good morning soot

Nice finish manXman OldBroad and Michele